Apparatus for cleansing textile fabrics.



No. 852,804. PATENTED MAY 7. 1907'.

A. H. SGROXTON & W. H. GANNON. l APPARATUS FOR GLEANSING TEXTILE FABRICS. QF

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 1904.

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By tfrmrngy' No. 852,804. PATENTED MAY 7. 1907. A. H. SCROXTON & W. H. CANNON. APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING TEXTILE FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFIIOE.

ALBERT HOLLAND SCROXTON, OF BATTERSEA, LONDON, AND WILLIAM HANDEL CANNON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application led -ovember 4, 1904. Serial No. 231,435.

To all vlfmnt 72u14/ concern:

Vboilers andfor like purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus to -be placed or fixed in boilers, and other receptacles in which a liquid is heated to insure a rapid constant and efficient circulation of the liquid contained therein, and is specially applicable to coppers where textile fabrics such as wearing apparel are boiled and whereby after a cleansing agent such as soap or soap powder is applied, the clothes are sufficiently deprived of their dirt and stains without injuring the fabric in any Way.

,. For the purposev of this invention we will Vdescribe same as applied to a copper for washing clothes, and the construction of apparatus will be clearly understood from the .following description aided by the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus complete. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same, and, Fig. 3 a plan.

The apparatus consists of a hollow base A provided with holes B and a conical orifice C. Surrounding the conical orifice C is a collar D provided with a bayonet joint E, said collar being for receiving a detachable tube F which is secured tothe collar by its pin G entering the bayonet joint E in the usual manner.

The tube F is provided at the top with a deflector H, and in the interior is situated a conical lining I which runs from the base of the tube F to about beyond mid distance of the height of the tube F where the lining I terminates with a smaller opening. This lining I is hermetically sealed to the tube at base and at its apex is hermetically sealed to an inverted cone shaped lining J this being hermetically sealed to the tube F at the top so as to provide an hermetically sealed charn-v ber K between the two linings I, J, and the tube F.

T his apparatus is placed in the 'washing copper which has the necessary cleansing liquid and agents and surrounded by the clothes to be cleansed. As the water is heated principally under the hollow base, convection currents will be set up and be deflected through the conical orifice up the tube thus causing the air in the chamber K to be heated and prevent the inner conical linings from becoming cooled by the clothes around the tube F, thereby causing a different temperature within the conical linings to that outside the tube which in conjunction with the convection currents will cause an ascending current to take place within the tube and be projected from the'top by the deflector H on to the top ofthe clothes.

By employing the two conical linings C and I the liquid leaves the contracted orifices of theI linings C and I with great force and this is greatly assisted by the heating of the air in chamber K so that the water is defiected downward with great pressure causing it to thoroughly attack the clothes and efficiently cleanse them.

The dirt extracted from the clothes passes into the apparatus and becomes deposited on the lining I and ow; down between the cone orifice C and the tube where it is retained during the working of the apparatus and can be removed when the apparatus is taken to pieces.

A ball L may be em loyed in the inverted lining J for action on t ie orifice of the lining I to prevent any back action of the flow of the liquid.

The conical orifice C may be arranged so as to be fitted to or form part of the tube F.

By this invention the force of the liquid is much increased and in consequence the clothes are better acted upon for cleansing purposes.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In apparatus for cleansing textile fabrics the combination of a hollow base provided with perforations and a conical orifice, a detachable tube surrounding said conical orifice and provided with a lining consisting of a lower conical member and an upper inai. e

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verted conical member and a deflector connected to the top of said tube as herein sot forth.

2. In apparatus for cleansing textile fabrics the combination of a hollow base provided with erforations and a conical orifice, a detachab e tube surrounding said conical orifice, and provided with a lining consistingr of a lower conical member and an upper 1nverted conical member with a hermetically sealed air, chamber between said tube and 

